Click here for the introduction to the Round and Square series "Calendars and Almanacs"
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5/17.....................................................................................................................5/10
5/17.....................................................................................................................5/10
As time goes on, I will link all of the sections to lengthy background essays. This will take a while. In the meantime, take a look, read the introduction, and think about all of the questions that emerge from even a quick look at the calendar.
十
七
日期星
Fifth Month, Seventeenth Day
Astral Period Sun
Sunday, May 17
Sunday, May 17
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
王歲
日馬
日馬
Generational Horse
Kingly Days
Kingly Days
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉吉吉
酉己丑
吉吉凶
戌午寅
吉中中
亥未卯
凶凶吉
吉中中
亥未卯
凶凶吉
23:00-01:00 Auspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Inauspicious
03:00-05:00 In-Between
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Auspicious
11:00-13:00 In-Between
13:00-15:00 Inauspicious
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 Auspicious
21:00-23:00 Inauspicious
The hours above are for Hong Kong. It is up to you if you want to recalibrate or to assume that the cyclicality of the calendar "covers" the rest of the world. This is a greater interpretive challenge than you might think.
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Section Four
Activities to Avoid
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
忌
遠詞
行訟
Lawsuits and Litigation
Distant Journeys
遠詞
行訟
Lawsuits and Litigation
Distant Journeys
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
九
癸
巳
水
九
癸
巳
水
房
建
建
Twenty-Ninth Day (Third Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: guisi (30/60)
Phase (element): Water
Constellation: Edifice (4/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Establish (1/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
田
會
友
裁
衣
修
飾
垣
牆
土上
府兀
俱重
將日
土上
府兀
俱重
將日
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Appropriate Activities
Meeting Friends
Appropriate Activities
Meeting Friends
Cutting-out Clothing
Repairing and Adorning Embankments and Walls
Baleful Astral Influences
Upper Amputee
Doubled Days
Earth Palace
Everything General
Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
白 州
White, Landmass
白 州
White, Landmass
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous
占
牀 房
占
牀 房
Divination
Bed, Edifice
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